Volume 2
Interlude
Translator : PolterGlast
The day after
surviving a fierce battle, Nina Stingray was walking down the hallway leading
to her classroom, dragging a body weighed down by extreme fatigue.
She spotted Jin
walking lazily a little ahead of her, so her little mischievous spirit started
to kick in.
After confirming that
no one was around, Nina suddenly spoke to him from behind.
"Good morning,
Jin!"
"...... Nina, eh?
Good morning."
"Huh~, you don't
look surprised at all ......."
She was expecting to
see a panicked expression on his face, but Jin remained in his usual sluggish
manner. Was he aware of my presence by
the sound of my footsteps? Next time I do this, I'll have to do better .......
Jin asked her
something, as if nothing had disturbed his mind,.
"Ah, by the way,
Nina. Do you remember what you were saying about me at that time?"
"Hm? When
exactly?"
"You see, when
Emma caught you and tied you to a chair. It's been bothering me for a
while."
"......
Ah~."
Nina, while forcibly
controlling her cheeks with her facial muscles, tried her best to recall what
she had said.
What did I say
then, when I assumed that I was in a hopeless situation?
[...... What happened
to Jin?]
[Where in the world is
he!? How did you know about this room!?]
[Hey, tell me, .......
Jin is my accomplice, without him I am nothing, and he is my first-......]
─My first, of what!?
What was I
trying to say? What kind of embarrassing thing was I shamelessly trying to say,
unaware that Jin was hiding nearby!?
Now it seemed that
anything she said was going to make things worse, and Nina no longer had any
choice but to take a last resort move.
"............ Are
you sure you're not just hearing things?"
"Hmm?"
"I-I'm sure
you're just hearing things!"
"Wait,
Nina?"
For some reason, she couldn't
seem to look at Jin's face any longer.
Nina increased her
walking speed, forgetting how tired her body was. She passed her accomplice,
who was standing there in a daze, looking down to avoid her burning face being
seen.
Somehow, she made it
to the classroom and, as usual, headed for Emma's side.
"Huh, what's
wrong, Nina-chan? Do you have a fever?"
"I-It's
nothing!"
As a spy of the
Republic, she said that her memories were not transferred to the girl in front
of her.
So she didn't know
that Nina had almost made a careless remark. That was the biggest relief for
her right now.
"I-It's kind of
hot today."
"Huh, Nina-chan.
You finally stopped using honorifics to me, huh?"
"......Ah~!"
Nina was ashamed of
her own carelessness, but Emma, however, smiled gently at her.
There was no pursuit
or bewilderment in her expression, only warm colors filled the depths of her
eyes.
"It's definitely
nicer this way! Somehow, I feel like I'm one step closer to Nina-chan
now."
"D-Do you think
so ......?"
"Yes. Let's keep
it that way!"
It felt somewhat
anticlimactic.
She accepted Nina for
who she was, even if she wasn't desperately trying to arm herself with acting
skills. From now on, she wanted to be more honest, at least when she was with
Emma.
Even fraudsters need
moments when they don't have to lie.
Just as Nina let out a
sigh of relief, the bustle in the classroom suddenly stopped.
Even Jin's expression,
who was walking up the stairs a little ahead of her, was clearly stiffening.
The eyes of all the
students were fixed on the man who had somehow arrived in front of the
blackboard.
"Nice to meet
you, everyone. Oh, you don't have to be so nervous."
He is a tall, slender
man dressed in a tight military uniform that seems to have been custom-made. He
is a young man with fine eyebrows who exudes dignity in every aspect of his
behavior and facial expression. His platinum-colored hair is gently permed, and
his indigo eyes, like those of an unexplored deep sea, are peeking out from
between the gaps in his hair.
Why?
Why are you
here?
As if responding to
Nina's question, the man opened his well-shaped lips.
"I'm Heine
Stingray, and I've been assigned to be this class homeroom teacher from today
onward. Pleased to meet you. Oh, by the way, I see that my sister Nina seems to
be always under your care."
The cruel older
brother, a genuine monster who also belongs to the <White Knights>, said
with a smile that was clearly fake.
"...... Looks
like I'll be having a fun school life for the first time in a while."
End of Volume 2
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